The Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) Leadership Assembly voted today to elect T. Garland Stansell, APR, as chair of the Society for 2020. Stansell, chief communications officer at Children’s of Alabama (Children’s Hospital of Alabama), Birmingham, Alabama, will serve as PRSA’s chair-elect on the National Board of Directors in 2019.

In addition to Stansell, several other candidates selected by the PRSA National Nominating Committee were elected to the PRSA National Board of Directors today for two-year terms beginning in 2019. The new board members are:

Stansell joined Children’s of Alabama (Children’s Hospital of Alabama) in the spring of 1994. He is responsible for the development and implementation of strategic public relations and communication programs and initiatives to serve the information and promotional needs of the medical divisions, business units, and development and advocacy activities of the organization. This includes oversight of messages and media for internal and external audiences. For eight years, Stansell was responsible for strategic planning, management and direction of Children’s Community Development department. These responsibilities include the management of internally and externally initiated year-round special event fundraising, cause-related marketing programs and annual direct mail initiatives.

Prior to joining Children’s of Alabama, he served as vice president of public relations and development for Alabama Goodwill Industries and as assistant director of corporate communications for BancBoston Mortgage Corporation, Alabama office.

Stansell is a Birmingham, Alabama, native and received his Bachelor of Arts in mass communications, public relations and business from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a master’s in public and private management from Birmingham Southern College. He is active in a number of professional, community and civic organizations including

Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

2015 PRSA National Board of Directors, member-at-large.

Served as PRSA Assembly delegate (Chapter and Health Academy Section).

PRSA is the nation’s largest professional organization serving the communications community. The organization’s mission is to make communications professionals smarter, better prepared and more connected through all stages of their career. PRSA achieves this by offering its members thought leadership, innovative lifelong learning opportunities to help them develop new skills, enhance their credibility and connect with a strong network of professionals. The organization sets the standards of professional excellence and ethical conduct for the public relations industry. PRSA collectively represents more than 30,000 members consisting of communications professionals spanning every industry sector nationwide and college and university students who encompass the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). Learn more about PRSA at https://www.prsa.org .

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Rod Granger

Rod Granger is PRSA’s director of content and integrated communications. He previously served as communications editor at Pearson North America and director of corporate communications at VH1.